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If you had an hour of school board time for Madison Avenue, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRVINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340768002116
Madison Avenue
173 Madison Avenue, IRVINGTON, NJ 07111 · (973) 399-6871 · Essex County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
366 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 117 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
15.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
12.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.9% | 12.3% |
| 2023-24 | 12.5% | 11.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Madison Avenue
Madison Avenue's state test result (11.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Avenue this school | 524 | 69.8% | 11.1% |
| Berkeley Terrace Elementary School IRVINGTON | 464 | 72.2% | 15.2% |
| Park Avenue Elementary School ORANGE | 423 | 65.2% | 22.1% |
| Henry B. Wilson Family School CAMDEN | 377 | 66.8% | 6.6% |
| Peshine Avenue School NEWARK | 635 | 79.5% | 14.2% |
| George Washington Carver Elementary School NEWARK | 736 | 63.6% | 9.7% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Madison Avenue ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #1,240 of 1,290 | #127 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #1,246 of 1,319 ▼ 12 | #128 of 141 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,267 of 1,319 ▲ 6 | #139 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #351 of 1,562 | #46 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,356 of 1,390 | #125 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #841 of 1,392 | #66 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #358 of 1,481 | #67 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +72.4% | #9 of 545 | #2 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
524
+122 (+30%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 524 | 31.5 | 16.6:1 | 70% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 65% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 22 | 19.8:1 | 44% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 55% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 81% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | N/A | N/A | 85% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 22 | 13.7:1 | 91% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 76% (426) |
| 1990-91 | 553 | 26 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Avenue.
Since 2017-18: students up 72% (304 to 524); teachers up 43% (22 to 31.5).
About Madison Avenue
Madison Avenue is an elementary school with a street address in IRVINGTON, New Jersey. The school's 524 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 29% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Irvington Public School District is made up of 12 schools with 7,659 students in all.
Black students are the majority at Madison Avenue, with 60% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 39% Hispanic. Among all residents of Essex County, the Black share is about 36%. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Madison Avenue, 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.6:1. That is higher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Roughly 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Essex County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Madison Avenue is F. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Madison Avenue posts 11.1% against a 27.9% prediction, a bottom-10% result in New Jersey.
According to the American Community Survey, in Essex County, the median household income is $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Madison Avenue is one of 249 public schools in the county.
Burch Charter School of Excellence is located about 0.2 miles from Madison Avenue. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 11.1% is below the 21.0% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 30% enrollment gain, from 402 in 2020-21 to 524 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 16.6:1, from 12.6:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Madison Avenue, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Irvington Public School District
- Irvington High SchoolHigh · 1,913 students
- Union Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- University Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Florence Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 605 students
- Berkeley Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Other schools in IRVINGTON
- Irvington High SchoolHigh · 1,913 students
- Union Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- University Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Florence Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 605 students
- Berkeley Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Burch Charter School of Excellence0.2 mi · 335
- Irvington High School0.4 mi · 1,913
- University Middle School0.4 mi · 719
- University Elementary School0.4 mi · 384
- Berkeley Terrace Elementary School0.5 mi · 464
- Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology0.5 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Madison AvenueWhat is the total enrollment at Madison Avenue?
Madison Avenue enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Madison Avenue serve?
Madison Avenue serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Avenue?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Avenue is approximately 16.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Madison Avenue?
Madison Avenue reports a student body of 0% White, 39% Hispanic, 60% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Madison Avenue in?
Madison Avenue is part of Irvington Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.